If you ever thought that it would be nice to be a fly on the wall, you might think want to reconsider that thought. In our home, your outcome will vary depending upon who finds you. My husband, who is too kind in my opinion, does his best to usher flies, bees, and other bug life out of the house safely. I, on the other hand, will grab the nearest newspaper and, with a swift swat, end the life of the intruder. We had over a dozen intruders in our home yesterday evening. They were being ushered and swatted right and left.
Here at my work, moral is down three-fold from last week. The WARN letters were received exactly five weeks ago and those in my department are still awaiting the announcements of our outcome. And in the meantime, people naturally have been interviewing elsewhere. They are “dropping like flies.” Three people resigned today alone.
As for me, there are a lot of balls up in the air. I am going a bit crazy trying to keep the ones I care about most a-float. While it is nice to have decisions – to know that *someone* thinks your valuable – its stressful too. I hope that I can make the right decision. All the other areas of my life count on it. Maybe then I can actually read the paper instead of just using it to swat flies.
I fall into the “Usher them out the door category”. Drives my wife batty. She’d rather beat the crap out of the poor defenseless wasp whose only crime was to fly into the wrong place at the wrong time.
Yea, layoffs suck. I had to go through a layoff at my very first job in my very first year on that job. Now, I could kind of care less. The only job security is being able to find a new job quickly when you need to. Keeping yourself up to date and marketable is the key. Hope everything works out well for you…
Wes
A few posts ago, I think you mentioned going for a run with your boss. You mused about how he probably knows who would be kept and who wouldn’t. Maybe it doesn’t work like that. With others finding new homes, seems like chances improve for those who stay. Win-win. I’m hoping you win in that game.
Wow. What a stressful situation. I hope it works out for you – whatever direction it leads.
P.S. I’m a fly smasher, too.
I’ve been through this many times and it does suck. The difference for me now is that I’ve learned how to live off of unemployment for a while and I must say I’m really, really good at not working. If nothing else it gives you more time to train!
I hope that the old addage ‘when a door closes a window opens’ or whatever it is turns out to be true for you.
Fly killer here – no mercy! If it were me, I’d be stressed with the not knowing if I was to fall under the axe or not. You seem to be holding up well. We’re all thinking about you these days. Take care.